IMPORTANT WARNING: Hydroxyurea can cause a severe decrease in the number of blood cells in your bone marrow. This may cause certain symptoms and may increase the risk that you will develop a serious infection or bleeding.
Stage IV colon cancer commonly spreads to the liver or the lungs. Some patients who have cancer that has spread to a single area are candidates for surgery to remove the metastases. Treatment of the liver: When itâs possible to completely surgically remove all liver metastases, surgery is the preferred treatment.
Colon cancer occurs in the large intestine or the rectum. Symptoms include blood in the stool, diarrhea, weight loss, and abdominal pain. Treatment for colon cancer includes surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Common drug classes used to treat colon cancer are EGFR antagonists, folate analogues, kinase inhibitors, nucleoside metabolic inhibitors, platinum-based drugs, and VEGF antibodies.